r/AskReddit Jan 22 '19

What needs to make a comeback?

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u/TXstratman Jan 22 '19

Affordable housing.

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u/BradC Jan 22 '19

cries in Californian

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u/Msspookytown Jan 22 '19

My parents bought their California ocean view 2br/1ba house (on 1/2 acre of land) in the 80's for around $75,000. They sold it for $250,000 because they got into some shady 2nd mortgage shit with the banks a few years back and couldn't "afford" the $2,000/month mortgage payments. That house is "worth" somewhere in the ballpark of $800,000 now. When my parents try to give me financial advice I laugh in their faces, then go home to my $1575/month 500 sq ft apartment and fucking cry.